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Members of the class of '58 have indicated definite areas for improvement in the freshman advisory system, in a Student Council survey of problems of the freshman year. The results of a questionnaire, in which 127 students selected at random participated, showed a significant discrepancy between the practiced frequency, duration, and purpose of advisory meetings, and what the freshmen desired...
...young-looking man of 54, with thick black hair and a penchant for white Western-style sharkskin suits. His eyes peer out distantly from beneath heavy lids. He is a lonely man, unused to self-expression, who lets others bring up the subject and then blurts, interminably and at random, not always expressively. He is a man of contrasts. Monkish and inward-looking, fascinated by Gandhi, the Christian saints and by books (he assembled a personal library of 10,000), he long ago pledged himself to chastity; he is so uncomfortable around women that he has none on his personal...
...response to the question, "In what academic area were you most proficient in secondary school,' of the 174 freshmen selected at random, 51 replied the Humanities; 73, the Natural Sciences; and 41, the Social Sciences. To the query, "Which area did you enjoy most," 64 answered the Humanities; 71, the Natural Sciences; and 33, the Social Sciences...
...posted a six-digit random number every day for the last month throughout the University buildings, Stephen G. Brush and Paul E. Condon, Leverett House seniors who founded the society, said...
...here to serve and not to provide any sort of gambling service, as some people have guessed," Condon explained yesterday. "Each number contains at least 20 separate pieces of information," he added, "but some people don't seem to appreciate the beauty of random numbers...